whirl

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
2. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
3. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
4. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.

Noun

1. An act of whirling.
2. Something that whirls, such as a whirlwind.
3. A confused tumult.
4. A rapid series of events.
5. Dizziness or giddiness.
6. (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

Sinonieme

spin

swirl

twirl

rotate

reel

revolve

turn

eddy

whirlpool

vortex

roll

twist

maelstrom

fling

gyrate

curl

twiddle

turn round

wheel

🛞

wave

👋

go round

brandish

twisting

tumble

turn around

birl

stagger

rotation

flourish

wield

wind

whirl around

wave about

beat

wag

swing

pirouette

go

arouse

commotion

swirling

troll

🧌

turn over

veer

run

agitate

stir

circle

⭕

incite

revolution

Vertalings

tourbillonner

girar

girar

girare

tournoyer

wirbeln

turbinare

tourbillon

strudeln

mexer

arremolinar-se

remolino

drehen

volteggiare

⭕

fer girar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɜːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: whirlen

Geërf van Old English: *hwyrflian

Verwante met Nederlands: wervelen

Verwante met Duits: wirbeln

Verwante met Deens: hvirvle

Verwante met Sweeds: virvla

Verwante met Albanees: vorbull

Geërf van Middle English: whirl

Geërf van Old English: hwirfel

Verwante met Deens: hvirvel

Verwante met Nederlands: werveling

Verwante met Duits: Wirbel

In summary

From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve.